Monday, October 18, 2010

Why is Kim Kardashian a star?




Kim Kardashian is a genius.

No, she hasn't cured cancer. Or discovered how to teleport to Mars. Or found a way to get a live human on the phone when she calls AT&T about her cell bill.

Kim is a genius because she's figured out how to be a big star without having any talent. 

Let's face it: She can't sing. She can't act. And if you saw her cringe-inducing performance on "Dancing with the Stars," you know she can't dance.

At all.

But there's Kim, on E!. There's Kim on a gazillion magazine covers. And there she is again at just about every red carpet premiere Hollywood has thrown since, oh, I dunno, 2005.

Kim's back in the news now because she just posed naked for "W" magazine and had a lavish 30th birthday bash on Friday in Vegas and another one in New York on Saturday. Good Lord, how many parties will she have when she turns 40?

Kim, we all know, is no stranger to magazine covers, having already graced the covers of "Playboy" and "Harper's Bazaar." And I've lost count of all the tabloid covers. I stopped counting around 3,587.

I give Kim credit. She knows how to play to her strengths. She's gorgeous and has an ample backside that's larger than some Third World nations. Kim isn't trying to be someone she's not. Her fame is based on her looks. Nothing else.

Kim may be many things, but dumb isn't one of them. Along with her hottie sisters, Kim has managed to turn the Kardashian name into a brand -- and a very lucrative one at that. There are perfumes, books, face creams. Could her own cable station be far behind?

She's also figured out something else. If you wanna keep your name -- and ample backside -- in the news, you must have a stud boyfriend on your arm. Helps with the power couple image, ya know.

And Kim has had her share of celebrity boyfriends -- Ray J (the sex tape!), Reggie Bush, Nick Cannon (before Mariah, of course) -- who are almost as pretty as she is.

Who needs talent in Hollywood?

Kim Kardashian sure doesn't.




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